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This is not a good time for his boss moors. The father, Richard, has recently died, but his to exploit his dual heritage by opening a new black market thirteen-year-old daughter Rosie refuses to believe it. route from Italy to Ireland. It is certainly not a good time for When a recently retired psychiatrist is persuaded by an his adored girlfriend to decide he’s irreparably corrupted. old colleague to try to help the family through their grief, And he really wishes he hadn’t accidentally caught the eye he finds himself caught up in the customs of the remote of an ornery grandmother who fancies herself his saviour. community, and an older way of doing things... There may be a way clear of the chaos in the business Gripping, unsettling and beautifully written, Andrew proposals of music promoter Colm and in the attention Michael Hurley’s new novel asks how we deal with the 6th APRIL 2017 of the charming, impulsive Natalie. But now that his boss’s monsters of our own minds, and how far we will go to ambitions have rattled the city, Ryan is about to find out 26th OCTOBER 2017 belong. Hardback, 400 pages what he’s made of, and it might be that chaos is in his blood. Hardback, 368 pages Andrew Michael Hurley has lived in Manchester and Lisa McInerney is from Galway and is the author of London, and is now based in Lancashire. His first novel, award-winning blog ‘Arse End of Ireland’. Her first novel, The Loney, was originally published by Tartarus Press, as a The Glorious Heresies, won the Baileys Women’s Prize for 300-copy limited-edition, before being republished by John Fiction and the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2016. Murray and going on to win the Costa Best First Novel Award and Book of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards in 2016. THE GLORIOUS HERESIES THE LONEY ‘Modern classics in this genre are rare, and instant ones even WINNER OF THE BAILEYS’ WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 rarer; The Loney, however, looks as though it may be both’ Sunday Telegraph WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE ‘The Loney is not just good, it’s great. It’s an amazing piece of fiction’ 2016 Stephen King LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS Andrew Michael Hurley’s strength is in his ability to evoke PRIZE 2016 atmosphere and a sense of place . 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